Spring shackle



Aug. 9, 1927. v. LINK SPRING SHACKLE Filed Jan, 51 1924 INVENTOR V IN C E N T L N K BY 7 C ATTORNEY Y 25 in the side thrust'on the wheels causes the Patented Aug. 9, 1927 vmcnn'r LINKfOF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Assrenon TO :rnE'srunEBAKEa conroain I T -OF Fic TION, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A QORP OR ATIONOF NEW JERSEYJ SPRING SHAGKLE.

Application filed January 5, 1924'. 3 Serial lto. 684,588..

This invention relates to spring securing devices for vehicles and the principle object is to provide meanspfor taking up the lateral wear thereof. V 5 Another object is to provide. two specially shaped 'washers, together with. a radially contractible split spring ring therebetween, positioned between two lateral wearing surfaces of a vehicle spring securing device.

A further object is toprovide a shackle in which no furtherlateral adjustment will be necessary after the shackle is once assembled. r v V j A still further object is to provide a small, compact device of the class described which will be neat. appearing, economical to manufacture and will operate efficiently.

c It is knownthat much of the annoying rattle developed in anautomobile after a period of use is caused by lateralwear between the eyes of the spring and its hanger, I and the shackle, allowing them to have a limited freedom of movementalong the axis of the'shackle bolts. Change of direction spring eyes .to move on the shackle bolts in y the direction of the thrust, and the eyes come up' against the shackle with asnap or arattle. 0 invention consists in automatically taking up the wear between the parts men- 7 tioned by, a resilient means, This taking up of wear by resilient means is accomplished by placing two washers on each of the two shackle bolts, either between the spring hanger and either ofthe link members, or between the nuts of'the shackle bolts and the adjacent link n'ember. The washers have aportion of their outer surface 40 formed totheshape of a frustum. of a cone and are placed adjacent each other with the conical surfaces extending outwardly and away from'each other, vwitha split spring ring: seated between them against the conical surfaces. The split spring ring, seated between the two inner tapered surfaces of the washers, having been previously sprung out I wardinassembling or otherwise, has a ten- .dency to contract and force the washers apart.

The above being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of cer ,tain featuresof construction and combinations of partsto be hereinafter described ing the member 8 by means. of a press fit.

and then claimed with reference to the ace companying' drawings, which-. illustrate a suitable embodiment of the invention havmg the above and other objects in View; I

f: In the drawings: v j l .Figure 1 1s a slde elevationof a vehicle frame side member, spring and spring shackle to which myinvention is applied.

Figure 2 is an enlarged viewof a fragi me'ntary section ofthe spring shackle taken on the line 22of Figure 1. l

I Figure 3 is a side elevation of one ofthe washersyshowing, by a dottedline, thssp'lit spring ring in position.

Flgure a 'sa side elevation of the spring i ring before assernbly, the dotted line showspr ng ring sprungout'just before or during assembly. 1

Referring more in detail .to' the drawing in which. like numerals refer to like/parts,

I have shown thefront portion, of a motor vehicle having. semi-elliptical springs, -al-' though 1t should be understood that my in- .vention' is susceptible of wide application to 'sprlng suspens ons of .many .difierent types.

In Figure 1, I have shown'a portion of a vehicle frame side member 1 to which-the vehicle spring 2'isfastened at its outer end, by means of a spring bolt Sand-the spring eye 3'. The other end of the vehicle spring 2 is connected to the frame side member 1 by a shacklewhich has itslower end'pivoted to thespring eye 1 by a'bolt 5 and whichhas its upper end "pivoted, to the spring hangerfi by abolt7. r 7 The shackle, in part, comprises two link and 7, which have. corrugated shoulders 10 and 11, respectively, held rigidly in thelink spring eye .4 and the spring hanger 6 are located between the link members 8 andf9,

tioned. The bushings 12". form the usual so" memberslS andg9 connected bythe-bolts 5 They 6. The link member 9 is held in position on the, bolts5 and 7 respectively.

faces occurs between the shackle links 8' and bearing surfaces between the bolt 5 and the spring eye 1, and the bolt 7 and the hanger i hanger 6, and between the links 8 and 9 and the springeye 4t, and also between thenuts 13 andll 'and'link 9- This Wear links 8 and-9 along the bolt? until the upper end 'of' one of them comes :in contaet with a 'lateral face of the hanger 6. hen there is appreciable/wear betwee11f"*the above meir tionedlateral surfaces, 'andwhen the change in direction of side thrust is very rapid,

there is'}a-clistinct sound or click. produced lay-the meeting of the "-lateral 'faces; as described, As the'wear increasesthe amount *Wlrieh these parts maymovellaterally, the

sou nd produced, of course; increases due to the. greater momentum that the parts may gatherinthegreater distance they move. "VV-hen thedireotion of side thrust is raj jidly changed as is often the case when a vehicle moving over a rough-roadway, the. sound producedhy the lateral motion of the parts described becomes an annoying rattle and cannot be eliminated in the prevailing .con-

.30 tr'uctiOIlS except by considerable annoyance and labor.

" 'lhe-meansshownin the" drawin s for an-1 a 1 toinatieallytaking up this lateral wear and thereby Qpreventing rattling of the parts {consists of two washers 16 and a split spring 7 ring'15. A portionof the ,washers 16 near Q their circumference is formed tothe shape xof afrustum of a relativeiy flat cone Two JWash'e-i's 16; are placed. between each nut 13 and the adjacent of thelink S a'round the bolt 7 as the case may be, with the coni ca'l surfaces extending outwardly away. f 'i lonl each other;- The split spring ring 15 -'is placed between "the washers 16 and seats against-the conical" surfaces thereof. The

' .location shown in the .drawingahut may he as the case may befian'dtl1en-carries thescope or which is eonnnens bers apart.

ring 15in assemblingor otherwise is sprung to j separate said members.

operation, and is economical to manufacture and use.

lt'is to he understood that the foregoing description is for the purpose of illustration only and that forinal'changes may be made in the specific em bodin'nent of the invention descri lied without ,de parting from the spirit or substance off the broad invention; the urate with the appended claims.

'l Vhat I claim is 1.;An anti-rattling devicev comprisingxtwo washers having a portion of their outer surfaces formed to the shape of a irustuin ofza cone, and a'split spring ring eontractib'lei-n a radial direction only seated against said surfaces. 2'

2. A device for t'aking up the lateral-wear between two pivotally connected parts, 'CO111 prising two a l jacent members, one of which isprovided with a face extending out-war l--- away from the other ofsaid menrbers, and resilientmeans .contracti'hle' in a radial direction only seated against said face of said 'nieinber "andagainst the. adjacent face of loers apart. v g 3.17m anti-rattling device'comprisingtwo washers having. a portion offtheir'outer surfaces formedto the shape of a trustu n ol' a cone, and resilient means" seated against said conical surfaces tending to [contract in a radial direction 'only to force said menu- 4. An anti-rattlingdevice comprising 'two members positioned between two. adjacent 'lateralflwearing faces, and asp r ing con-' tractible only in a radial direction seatedbetween-"- and against said members, said spring tenaingt force saidmenilo ers apart. device for automatically taking up the ware between lateral-wearing surfaces, comprising two membersfseated 'between said surfaces, said members having a'portion of their adjacent facesektending outwardly from each 0ther, andfa resilient split spring ringcontractihle in aradial dime tion only seated against said 'ifaces tending Signed 'by me at"Detroit, "Michigan, U. iilthis vlslstdaly ol 'Decemhe131923. HNCENT LINK. 

